CIBC World Markets to host first annual Global Gaming and Gaming Technologies Conference Conference features key players in rapidly growing sector together for the first time in North America TORONTO, April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Recognizing the explosive worldwide market growth in online gaming, CIBC World Markets today hosts the leading online gaming and gaming technologies companies, for the first time in North America, at its inaugural Global Gaming and Gaming Technologies Conference. The conference's timing is important given the explosive growth in online gaming. The online gaming market, while only 3 per cent of overall worldwide gaming activity, is an $8 billion industry, and is growing at more than 20 per cent annually. Today's conference features presentations by senior management from leading public gaming and gaming technologies companies based in both Europe and North America, all at one venue for the first time in North America. Company presentations will cover trends in the industry, the competitive landscape as well as the growth opportunities that lie ahead. The conference is being held at Le Royal Meridien King Edward Hotel in Toronto. More information on the conference including an agenda and a list of speakers is available at http://conferences.cibcwm.com/torontogaming This event is by invitation only; media interested in attending the conference must register in advance by contacting Rod Cumming, Director, Marketing and Communications for CIBC World Markets at 416-594-7774 or at CIBC World Markets is the wholesale banking arm of CIBC, providing a full range of integrated credit and capital markets products, investment banking, and merchant banking to clients in North America and around the world. We deliver innovative full capital solutions to growth-oriented companies and are active in all capital markets. We offer advisory expertise across a wide range of industries and provide top-ranked research for our corporate, government and institutional investor clients. CIBC World Markets' parent company is CIBC, one of North America's first and largest financial institutions with offices in 18 countries, including the world's major financial centers. DATASOURCE: CIBC World Markets CONTACT: Media contact: Rod Cumming, Director, Marketing and Communications, CIBC World Markets, at (416) 594-7774 or

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